Vote theft, party theft… murder of democracy: Opposition hits out at BJP, backs Mamata Banerjee over Trinamool Congress symbol feeze
Vote theft, party theft. Murder of democracy: Opposition hits out at BJP, backs Mamata Banerjee over Trinamool Congress symbol feeze BJP hits back: 'TMC, NCP emerged after breaking away from Congress'.
Vote theft, party theft. Murder of democracy: Opposition hits out at BJP, backs Mamata Banerjee over Trinamool Congress symbol feeze BJP hits back: 'TMC, NCP emerged after breaking away from Congress'.
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- 5 min read New Delhi Sep 19, 2026 05: 44 AM IST.
- Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee during a press conference in South Kolkata's Kalighat on Friday.
- We will fight-and we will win, remarked the Congress MP in a post on X.
Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee during a press conference in South Kolkata's Kalighat on Friday. (ANI).
Meanwhile, the Congress hit out at the BJP on Friday over the arrest of its Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan in a 19-year-old case, calling the move a "political revenge and murder of democracy".
Reacting sharply to the development, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi remarked: "The arrest of Congress candidate Milan Pradhan for the Nandigram by-election is no coincidence – it is political revenge, the murder of democracy. The BJP has no faith in fair elections – that's why it wants to cling to power sometimes through vote theft, sometimes through stealing governments, and sometimes through stealing parties."
"The Congress will neither fear nor bow down. We will fight-and we will win, " remarked the Congress MP in a post on X.
Taken together, the developments around vote theft, party theft. Murder of democracy: Opposition hits out at BJP, point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.
